A new law will move up the deadlines for Ohio board of elections to receive absentee ballots ahead of the 2026 election ...

The grace period for when Ohio absentee ballots can get to county boards of election has been eliminated. That change begins with the May 2026 primary. "The postmark does not matter. You need to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ohio is changing the rules for absentee voting ahead of the 2026 election. Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation on Dec. 19 to ...

President Trump has indicated he wants a national voting standard that does away with most mail-in, absentee voting, which has been allowed in Ohio since 2004.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Voting by mail in Ohio is about to change — even though Gov. Mike DeWine says he doesn’t like it. DeWine said he “reluctantly signed” a Republican election bill Friday, ending Ohio’s ...

Gov. Mike DeWine’s decision to sign a bill eliminating the four-day grace period for mailed-in absentee ballots to arrive at boards of elections has angered Democrats and voting rights groups. They’d ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Despite Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s opinion that the state’s four-day absentee ballot grace period is “reasonable,” he signed a bill Friday that will require all mail-in ballots to ...

Richard Topper has been a trial attorney in Columbus for 45 years and is actively involved in voting rights efforts. Ohio Republicans have sent an unnecessary bill to Gov. Mike DeWine that would have ...

A bill that eliminates the four-day grace period for absentee ballots to arrive at boards of elections will become law, though Gov. Mike DeWine admits he’s not happy about that. "I normally would veto ...